Author Archives: Syndicated Content
NHLPA board voting on playoff format to return
By: Stephen Whyno and John Wawrow The NHL Players' Association's executive board is voting on a 24-team playoff proposal as the return to play format, according to a person with knowledge of the situa...
May 22, 2020
QE, lower-bound rates pose huge risks for Brazil, says central bank director
By Jamie McGeever BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil should steer clear of quantitative easing or cutting interest rates toward zero, a central bank director said on Friday, warning that both risked distorti...
May 22, 2020
U.S. condemns China's 'disastrous proposal' on Hong Kong: Pompeo
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday called China's proposed national security legislation on Hong Kong disastrous and said it could have an impact on the favorable eco...
May 22, 2020
Portugal ready to welcome back tourists, says government
LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal's doors are open to tourists, the country's Foreign Minister Augusto Santos Silva said on Friday, one of the first European countries to welcome back visitors from elsewher...
May 22, 2020
Virus deaths five times higher among poor in Spanish region
By Joan Faus BARCELONA (Reuters) - The coronavirus mortality rate among some of the poorest Catalans is five times higher than among the wealthiest residents of the Spanish region, a study showed, in ...
May 22, 2020
Explainer: How ending Hong Kong's 'special status' could affect U.S. companies
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New Chinese national security restrictions imposed on Hong Kong could draw a U.S. revocation of the former British colony's "special status" under U.S. law, a move that would ha...
May 22, 2020
U.S. sanctions Nicaraguan army chief, finance minister
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Friday sought to further pressure Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega with another round of sanctions, this time targeting the country's army chief and finan...
May 22, 2020
Biden says U.S. should lead world in condemning China over Hong Kong actions
DETROIT (Reuters) - The United States must lead the world in condemning China if it imposes new national security rules on Hong Kong, likely Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden said on Friday af...
May 22, 2020
Unemployment rose in all 50 U.S. states in April: Labor Department's BLS
(Reuters) - Unemployment rates rose and total employment fell in all 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia in April as efforts to contain the coronavirus pandemic forced businesses to close acro...
May 22, 2020
Income crisis pushes Colombian cities, provinces to seek market funding
By Nelson Bocanegra BOGOTA (Reuters) - After two months of coronavirus quarantine, Colombian cities and towns are bracing for tax income to dry up and venturing into the relatively unfamiliar territor...
May 22, 2020
